Improved ash-leach



s. A. PORTER.

Ash Leach.

Patented Fb.-16,'-1864.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL A. PORTER, OF PRESCOTT, W ISGONSIN.

IMPROVED ASH-LEACH.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 41,638, dated February 16, 1864.

1'0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL A. PORTER, of Prescott, in the county of Pierceand State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Improvement on the Ash'Leach and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view; Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5, a sectional view of different parts.

A, Fig. 1, represents theleach set up ready for use. B, Fig. 2, is a section of the leach directlyin front, (shown at a,) the back being the same as the front. 0 is a section or one side of the leach, (shown at 1),) the other side being the same. Dis aboard fitted to the inside of the leach at the bottom, forming a floor, having anumber of holes through it to allow the lye to run off. E is a bearer or shaft, bolted or otherwise securely fastened to the side of the leach, (shown at 0,) the outer end resting on the top of the upright post of the frame at d, the other side being the same in all respects, suspending the leach in a revolving position, thereby facilitating the process of emptyingthe leach. o o are bands or hoops, of wood or iron,nailed or otherwise securely fastened around the leach to support or strengthen the same. H is a rod of iron, with an eye formed at one end and a hook at the other, the eye being connected with a staple driven into the upright post at i, and the hook being connected with a staple driven into the leach at n for the purpose of holding the leach in an upright position when in use. S is a pin or stopple, fitting into a hole (shown at p, Fig. 2,) at which the lye runs out, the pin being used to stop the I'LlIll'llDg of the lye when necessary. G is a frame on which the leach is suspended; D D, the upright-posts, the top of which are hollowed out to receive the bearer or shaft E.

The nature of my invention consists in producing acheap, simple, durable, and convenient ash-leach.

To enable others skilled in the artto make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

I construct my leach in a hopper form, of wood, and fasten thereto bearers or shafts at or near the center of gravity, as shown at c, Fig. 1, and suspend it on upright posts driven into the ground or framed into sills, as shown at It 7.: d, Fig. 1. I encircle it with two or more bands or hoops to give it strength and durability, as shown at 00, Fig. 1. I construct a hook of wire and connect it to the upright D by means of a staple, and to the leach by hooking it into a staple driven into the leach, as shown at i H n, Fig. 1. I form a board to fit the inside and nearly at the bottom of the leach, to prevent the ashes from running out with the lye, the board being full of small holes, as shown at D, Fig. 4. The bearer or shaft is constructed of either cast, malleable, or wrcught iron, and in the same or similar form as that shown at E, Fig. 5. I make a hole near the bottom of the leach and directly under the board D, and insert a stopple to prevent the lye from running, when necessary, as shown at 19, Fig. 2, and S, Fig. 1, in the ac companying drawings. 1 till my leach with ashes and apply water the same as is done with other leaches, and draw the stopple S, which will allow the lye to run out of the hole 19 into a vessel placed underneath for that purpose. When the ashes are sufficiently leached, I raise the hook H out of the staple a, by which means the leach becomes disconnected and is free to revolve or turn bottom side up, and when in that position the leached ashes will fall out at once, thereby requiring very little labor to empty it.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The manner in which the leach is suspended in a revolving condition, as herein described.

2. The hook and staples used to connect the leach with frame or uprightpost to pre 'ent its revolving, as herein described.

3. The bearersv or shafts with which the leach is suspended, and the manner of applying at or near the center of gravity, as herein described, using for that purpose the aforesaid wood and iron, or any other suitable material substantially the same, and which will produce the intended effect.

SAMUEL A. PORTER.

Witnesses:

J. O. BUTTON, DAVID DAVIS. 

